Vector Graphics in SignWriting

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 28, 2008

Good Morning everyone!
Adam simply helped me with writing exactly one sign for me in a  
program called Inkscape. Gerard requested that we create a vector  
image for one sign for some artwork he needed, so I asked Adam to help  
me...

Inkscape is not our program...It is developed by other people. It is  
used to create vector images using SVG...Anyone can download the  
Inkscape software and use it. I do not know what versions they have,  
but I believe it is on many platforms, including Windows, Macintosh,  
Linux...I couldn't figure out how to open it, when I downloaded it, so  
Adam was trying to teach me below...I do not use Inkscape personally.

So no worries. Of course we all know that people need Windows, Mac and  
Linux to survive in this world!

We are not developing our own SVG yet, but when the time comes, it  
will be usable for all people who have computers ...no matter what the  
kind!

Thanks for your question, Charles...

Val ;-)

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On Jul 28, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Charles Butler wrote:

> Hello Adam,
>
> Am I late in the game here?
>
> Wait, are you telling me that vector-based programs will not run on  
> a PC and you are writing all of your programs presuming that the  
> entire world is MAC based.  I hope not.  I thought that the purpose  
> of open-sourcing was just that, a program that CAN be run on any  
> program with a reasonable memory, not tied to one platform or another.
>
> Charles Butler
>
>
>
> Adam Frost <frost at signwriting.org> wrote:
> Yes, Inkscape on Mac requires the use of the X11 program to run. I  
> know you have it, but I bet you have to update it just like I did  
> when I put it on my Mac. If you go to the Inkscape website, they  
> will link you to the X11 website so that you can download the latest  
> version. Or you can just go to this link to download the latest. http://xquartz.macosforge.org/
>
> Then after you do that, opening Inkscape should be no problem. You  
> may have to leave it open for awhile when opening it for the first  
> time while it seems to be doing nothing because it is communicating  
> with X11. After that it will open just fine (with X11 opening in the  
> background).
>
> Let me know if you have any problems.
>
> Adam
>
> On Jul 24, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>
>> SignWriting List
>> July 24, 2008
>>
>> Thank you, Adam, for posting the SVG version of the sign for WORLD  
>> in ASL...I love the good looking symbols - you did a really good  
>> job ;-))
>>
>> And you are right, that as soon as we have the SVG version of the  
>> ISWA it will be just terrific... It may actually take some time  
>> before that happens, but sooner or later it will happen....;-)
>>
>> Meanwhile...a funny story..I downloaded the program Inkscape to  
>> open your svg file, but oddly enough it refuses to open on my Mac,  
>> and it said it was a Mac version, so I must have done something  
>> wrong...and I was surprised that Photoshop doesn't open the  
>> file...it says it is a format it doesn't understand...so is it only  
>> Illustrator and html that opens SVG? The Adobe SVG reader is being  
>> phased out I understand from their web site...so it seems  
>> frustrating when you can't open an SVG file except in a web  
>> browser...how can I open it to manipulate symbol size etc?
>>
>> You can see I have much to learn about SVG!
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
>> <world01.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> <world.svg>
>>
>>
>>
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